Progressives furious that the cover didn’t feature a black person

Leftists on Twitter were outraged after Esquire magazine published a profile piece on the life of an American teenager.

The reason for their fury? The teen is male and white.

Entitled The Life of an American Boy at 17, the article explores the mundane perks and difficulties of growing up for a teenager in West Bend, Wisconsin, along with the impact of “toxic masculinity” and “MeToo”.

Indeed, the entire issue of Out magazine featured “women and non-binary femmes” only.

“Only women and non-binary femmes wrote, styled, photographed and were featured in its pages,” tweeted Janet Mock.

It’s the first time in @outmagazine’s 27 years that it has dedicated an entire issue to women and non-binary femmes. Only women and non-binary femmes wrote, styled, photographed and were featured in its pages.

So apparently, having an entire magazine that eliminates an entire gender represents “diversity” and “inclusivity,” but having a single story about a white person is offensive.

Hanna Ines Flint was upset that the American version of Esquire didn’t mimic the UK version by having a black person on the cover (because again, only by having zero white people is true “diversity” accomplished).

Zara Rahim, former head of communications for Hillary Clinton, was upset that the cover featured a white boy and not a black teen who looked like Trayvon Martin.

Imagine this same ‘American Boy’ headline with someone who looked like Trayvon talking about what it’s like to have your mother sit you down to tell you how to stay alive in your own city during Black History Month.Just imagine.Shame on you, @esquire. pic.twitter.com/aIlhGzmGph

The backlash came despite Esquire Editor in Chief Jay Felden explaining that the profile is part of a series that will also feature non-white people.

“We decided to follow that model but to enlarge it into a series on growing up now—white, black, LGBTQ, female—that will continue to appear in coming issues,” wrote Felden.

“Ok, but think about the profile you chose to start with,” snarked “feminist activist” Abigail Collazo in response, adding that she was happy about the article showcasing “young white boys of privilege needing to relearn about masculinity” but was unimpressed by it appearing during “Black History Month”.

The Editor explains the cover: “Twenty-six years later, we decided to follow that model but to enlarge it into a series on growing up now—white, black, LGBTQ, female—that will continue to appear in coming issues.”